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G. M. VOORHEES SAYS THE LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. STRIKE IS OVER

Lehigh Valley engine No. 919.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday,
December 1, 1893.

SAYSTHE STRIKE IS OVER.

General
Manager Voorhees Full of Confidence—Strikers Deserting.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.—General Manager Voorhees
of the Lehigh Valley railroad states that the strike is entirely over, so far
as the company is concerned. He says all trains, both passenger and freight,
are running full and making good time.

He spoke of the Wyoming Valley division as
being now in good running order.

Chairman E. E. Clark stated that so far he
had not received any intelligence as to how President Wilbur's ultimatum had been
received by the strikers.

No
Change About the Strike.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 1.—Six empty freight
trains were sent out on the Lehigh Valley road this forenoon and three loaded
trains were received. Passenger trains were started on schedule time and
arrived from ten minutes to an hour late. Passenger traffic is very light and
the quantity of freight offered is small compared with the business of the road
before the strike. There were no signs of the strike being ordered off this
morning and none of the old men applied for reinstatement.

Specials
Attacked by Strikers.

NEW YORK, Nov. Dec 1.—A squad of Chief
Gregory's specials returned to the Communipaw yards and reported that while
guarding a westbound Lehigh freight train they were attacked by a mob of
railroad men who had congregated near the Singer Sewing Machine works at Elizabethport.
The mob threw stones at the specials, who were on top of the freight cars.
Several of the officers were struck by the missiles. They drew their revolvers and
opened fire on the railroad men. A half dozen shots were fired into the crowd as
the train passed. The specials say they do not know whether or not any of the
men were hit by the bullets. Chief Gregory's men are not sure whether the mob was
made up of striking Lehigh employes [sic] or Jersey Central railroad men.

A meeting of the strikers to consider
President Wilbur's ultimatum was held in Jersey City. About 75 of the leaders
were present. At the close of the meeting a reporter was informed that it had
been decided to pay no attention to the ultimatum. The strikers decided that if
any of them went back to work they must all be taken back as a union, and also
must be placed on the same footing they were before the strike. The men say the
strike is not over by any means and they are still confident of winning.

All Quiet
at Jersey City.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 1.—The officials of the
Lehigh Valley road in Jersey City said that everything was running smoothly at
this end of the road. Five freight trains were sent out from the yards at
Jersey City yesterday. They all carried detectives. The usual police guard was
kept in the yards. There was a marked improvement in the passenger service and
the trains were but little delayed.

Another accident, through inexperience, was
reported in the yards. Frank Langley of New York, a new brakeman, who took a
striker's place, attempted to couple cars at the Baldwin avenue crossing and fell
under the wheels. His left leg was cut off at the thigh.

Lehigh
Engine's Deadly Explosion.

ROCHESTER, Dec. 1.—Engine No. 607 of the Lehigh
Valley road, drawing freight from Manchester to Sayre, exploded at VanEtten tank.
Two men whose names are unknown were blown into pieces. Two more were seriously
injured. The explosion is supposed to be due to inexperienced handling of the
engine.

Hit by
Stones.

AUBURN, Dec 1.—The Lehigh is running nearly
its full quota of trains and seems to have no difficulty in obtaining all the
help needed. The deputies still guard the yards and last night two of them were
hit with stones. The strikers are still firm in their determination to stay out
until President Wilbur makes the concessions demanded. They claim he is
responsible for the strike and they will not return to work until he promises
to reinstate every man who went out on strike.

MAY NOT
BE DROWNED.

Rumors
that Instructor Merriam and Miss Yeargin have Eloped.

Ithaca is much excited over the report that
Dr. L. S. Merriam and Miss L. Yeargin, who were supposed to have been drowned
in Lake Cayuga on Nov. 18, were in New York City, and that the doctor had
written a friend in Ithaca last Friday informing him of his whereabouts. Every
day since the two young people first disappeared, the lake has been dragged by
boatmen. Four candlepower incandescent lamps, run by a small Edison dynamo,
have been employed in illuminating the bottom of the lake, so that the search
could be more thoroughly made. But all to no avail.

There are some queer things connected with
the affair. When Boatman Jarvis cautioned Doctor Merriam to keep near the shore
as he started out on the fatal afternoon, the doctor is said to have replied
something to this effect:

"You will oblige me by minding your own
business. I have charge of this boat, and as long as you receive your pay for
it you have no occasion to interfere."

The doctor and the young lady then pushed
off, heading directly for the center of the lake. The finding of the doctor's
overcoat has also created considerable comment. The coat, together with Miss
Yeargin's gloves, were found on the bank of the lake quite dry. The boat was
near by partly filled with water. There are some who are inclined to believe
the story that Doctor Merriam and Miss Yeargin are still alive.

HIS NECK WAS BROKEN.

JESSE T.
PECK THROWN FROM HIS CARRIAGE.

He Lay
Under the Carriage and the Horse for Three Hours— His Companion Lost His Way.

One of the most peculiar accidents that we
have had to chronicle for some time occurred shortly after 9 o'clock Wednesday
evening when Jesse T. Peck was thrown from his carriage near his home about
three miles east of McGrawville in the town of Solon on a road leading off from
the main road.

Mr. and Mrs. Peck left home about 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Mrs. Peck stopped at McGrawville, while Mr. Peck came on to
Cortland and purchased a belt for his tread horse power machine for sawing
wood. He started from Cortland about 5 o'clock, took his wife in at McGrawville
and together they reached home at about 9 o'clock. Mrs. Peck went into the house.

Mr. Peck then took into his carriage with him
his hired man, who had worked for him but a few days and whose name we have
been unable to learn and they started for the wood lot, where they had been
cutting wood. It is supposed that Mr. Peck intended to leave the belt at the
machine or try it on, but they carried no light.

It was a very dark night and it was
difficult to keep in the road which had a gutter on the left side and an
embankment on the right. In some way the carriage ran up the embankment and was
turned over. Both men were thrown out, but the hired man sustained no injuries.
Mr. Peck was thrown under the carriage, which was upside down and the horse
fell over backward upon the carriage, crushing it down upon Mr. Peck.

The hired man immediately started for
assistance, but, not being very well acquainted with the country, he got into a
field and got lost. He wandered about for a long time and it was about two and
one-half hours before he was able to secure help. He came out on a road about
three-quarters of a mile from where the accident occurred and found the
residence of Mr. William Gilbert but could not tell in what direction from that
place he left Mr. Peck or on what road the accident occurred. The two men
walked to Mr. Peck's home, and there learned what road they had taken.

The hired man and Mr. Gilbert went to the
scene of the accident and found things just as the hired man had left them
three hours before—Mr. Peck underneath the carriage with the horse held on its
back by the harness on top. Mr. J. G. Bingham, who lives about a quarter of a
mile away was notified and he harnessed his horse and took Mr. Peck, who was then
dead, to the latter's home.

Mr. B. D. Greenman, who also lives near by,
went to McGrawville and notified Undertaker Parsons and Mrs. Clinton Borthwick,
a sister of Mr. Peck's wife.

Word reached Mr. N. J. Peck of this place
about 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He and Mr. R. H. Beard went to Mr. Jesse
Peck's home. Mr. Beard drove back to Cortland after Coroner W. J. Moore who
summoned Drs. F. H. Forshee and M. R. Smith of McGrawville, who upon examining
the body found that the neck was broken in two places. It is supposed that when
he was thrown from the carriage he struck on his head. Coroner Moore decided
that an inquest was unnecessary, as there was no doubt as to the cause of death.

The remains were brought to the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Beard on Charles-st. in Cortland shortly after 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The deceased was 23 years of age last August and was
married two years ago last October to Miss Lillie Burvee of McGrawville. They
lived here till last March, when they moved to Mr. Peck's farm near the place
where the accident occurred. He learned the trade of a machinist of Cooper
Brothers in Cortland and worked in their foundry for over four years. He was a
member of the Forty-fifth Separate Co., and it is expected that they will
attend his funeral in a body. The funeral will be held at 2 P. M. Sunday at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. R. H. Beard.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The annual report of the
secretary of war gives the usual review of the condition and operations of the army,
and in addition is devoted especially to the progress of the work on the
seacoast defenses.

The total strength of the army on Sept. 30,
1893, was 2,144 officers and 25,778 enlisted men. For various causes,
discharge, purchase, desertion, etc., the army lost 9,456 enlisted men during
the year and gained 9,074 recruits. The discipline, health, and general
condition of the army are reported good.

The secretary strongly recommends the repeal
of the law fixing 10 years as the maximum period of enlistment and favors a
reduction of the period of the first enlistment to three years instead of five.

The prosecution of the experiment of
enlisting Indian companies will be continued on a small scale until its success
or failure has been proved.

The adoption of the new magazine rifle is
the most important step taken for the infantry since the Civil war. The entire infantry
force will be equipped with the new arm before the close of the coming year.

One-third of the report is devoted to the progress
of the last eight years in the manufacture of heavy ordnance and in seacoast
defense under the project of the Endicott board of 1885. Progress already made
warrants the belief that within the time specified, 13 years from the first
appropriation, the essential features of the plan will be carried out.

The invention and manufacture of American brown
and smokeless powder for heavy ordnance and for the magazine rifle have made
slow progress, and the secretary of war urges manufacturers to solve this
problem for their own profit and our national pride.

The report pays much attention to the education
of officers and men of the army and the instruction of the militia and military
schools.

The latest returns report an organized militia
of 112,597 in the states, of whom in round numbers 6,000 are in the artillery maintained
by 34 states, and 5,000 in the cavalry maintained by 24 states.

The improvement of the harbors and [internal]
waterways of the country, a work of immense consequence to our commerce and
general benefit to the people, has made excellent progress under the support of
the liberal appropriations voted for that purpose.

The expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1893, were $51,966,074.89.

The appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1894, were $48,023,525.79.

The estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1895, are $52,846,499.75.

The report contains 15,000 words.

American
Made Harveyized Armor.

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Dec 1.—The first lot of Harveyised nickel armor plate turned out in this country was shipped from the Bethlehem
Iron company's ordnance works consigned to the Brooklyn navy yard. It weighed
133 tons and will serve as side armor for the battleship Maine.

BREVITIES.

—In police court this morning Charles White
paid a fine of three dollars for public intoxication,

—Rev. S. J. Parmiter will speak at the East
Side reading room Sunday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock.

—The people who have been appropriating
papers on Arthur-ave., which have been delivered to STANDARD subscribers, had
better cease that pleasant pastime as they are known.

—Two boys have been expelled from the
Winona, Minn., Normal school because they parted their hair in the middle. The
principal declared that he would not permit such an "effeminate practice."

—Dan Cleary was arrested by Sheriff Miller on
Church-st. last evening for public intoxication. In police court this morning
he was sentenced to three days or three dollars. Not having the latter he is
now serving the former. This is his third offence.

—A correspondent of an exchange makes the
suggestion that coal ashes would make a road equally as good as macadam. He
says: "If all the unsightly heaps of this kind were gathered each spring
and scattered along the roads, we would soon find that we had a road bed almost
equal to asphalt, and which could neither grow muddy or dusty, as is proven by
some of the driveways in town made of coal ashes."